"It is one of Australia's hundred or so highly endangered languages," he said.

Using $100,000 of federal funding, a mobile phone application is being developed.

It will have 1,000 dictionary entries and almost 500 phrases.

"You will be be able to look up the word and touch the word and hear it," Mr Birch said.

The application will be launched in May.

Mr Birch hopes it will keep the language alive for future generations and help visitors to the region better understand the local culture.

"The idea for the mobile phone app sprang from the need to use up-to-date technology to attract people," he said.

He says it will help younger Indigenous people as well as non-Indigenous people who come into contact with Iwaidja speakers